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<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="user_icons">User Icons</h1>
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<h3 class="sectionedit2" id="a_user_can_install_his_or_her_own_icons_to_use_with_marks_and_own_ship">A user can install his or her own icons to use with marks and &quot;own ship&quot;.</h3>
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1. Create a directory called “UserIcons” in the same place that holds your opencpn.ini(config) file.<br/>

In MSW this is the same folder that holds the log file. Easiest way to find this is to go to the <img src="../opencpn/manual/help.h.32_tok.a918da_w.32.jpg" class="media" alt="" width="32" height="32" />- button in the ToolBar and look all the way down in the first tab (About).<br/>

In Linux create the directory: <em> /home/$USER/.opencpn/UserIcons</em>.<br/>

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2. Add jpg icon files to this directory. Legacy <strong>.xpm</strong> iconfiles also works They can be any size. The name of the icon file becomes the name of the new waypoint icon. These new icons will appear on the Waypoint Properties dialog, and can be assigned to any waypoint. They can also be assigned in <strong>GPX</strong> Import files.<br/>

3.To replace the default own ship icon <img src="../opencpn/manual/ship_red.h.45_tok.032b33_w.19.jpg" class="media" alt="" width="19" height="45" />, just put a file <em>ownship.xpm</em> or <em>ownship.jpg</em> in the UserIcons directory, described above.<br/>

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4 For color-blinds and others, there is a yellow version <img src="../opencpn/manual/yellow-ownship.h.48_tok.7cf362_w.25.jpg" class="media" alt="" width="25" height="48" /> available. Use the link to “bigdumboat” below or the different alternatives from S/V Revelations. Before using any yellow OwnShip icons, consider the special meaning of this color for the OwnShip Icon in OpenCPN. Read more here <em><a href="../getting_around/gps_setup_and_status.html" class="wikilink1" title="opencpn:opencpn_user_manual:getting_around:gps_setup_and_status">&quot;GPS Setup and Status&quot;</a></em>
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